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Smarten up in English (age 7-8)ContentsTeachers Notes 4Grammar Nouns: Explanation and exercises 5Grammar Verbs: Explanation and exercises 6Grammar Adjectives: Explanation and exercises 7Identifying Relationships Matching words; classifying. 8Thinking About What Will Happen Creative thinking and writing. 9Reading Comprehension Estelle and Catherine story. 10Reading Comprehension Ant and bee story. 11Reading Comprehension Story about Ella the tiny elephant. 12Reading Comprehension Mouse and mountain goats story. 13Punctuation Capital letters, full stops, question marks and apostrophes. 14Identifying the Main Idea Read paragraph and write its main idea in a full sentence. 15Making Interesting Sentences Write the endings for given sentence beginnings. 16Thinking About What You Read Thinking about context using ‘Beach’ theme. 17Comparing Word Meanings Homophones: words that sound alike. 18Comparing Word Meanings More homophones. 19Changes in Word Meanings Homonyms: same word, different meaning. 20Changes in Word Meanings More homonyms. 21Synonyms & Antonyms Select from a list; write sentences. 22Think & Write Completing sentences: encourage use of adjectives, verbs and adverbs. 23Logic of Actions Complete the sentence by choosing the correct matching phrase. 24Choose the Correct Word Sentences: choose words and place them in context. 25Choose the Correct Word Story: choose words and place them in context. 26Reading Comprehension Man and camel story. 27Reading Comprehension Poor man and buried treasure story. 28Reading Comprehension Poor man and dog in the forest story. 29Cloze Exercise Think of words to complete the frog and bee story. 30Comparing Word Meanings Assorted exercises. 31Steps in a Process Exercises in sequencing. 32Analysing a Story Robbie and his coins; Jenny’s dream. 33Logic of Actions Thinking logically using ‘Beach’ theme. 34Comparing & Contrasting Things that are alike; things that are different. 35Missing Words Choosing words from a list to complete a story. 36Parts of a Whole Placing nouns in given categories. 37Words that Match Some words go together. Can you identify the word pairs? 38Comparing & Contrasting Thinking about categories. 39Comparing & Contrasting How are cats and dogs alike? How are they different? 40Comparing & Contrasting How are pelicans & eagles alike? How are they different? 41Word Meanings More synonyms and antonyms. 42Definition & Example Knowing which is which; written exercises. 43Mixed Exercises Choosing words from a list. Writing sentences. 44Solutions 45© Intelligent Australia Productions
Smarten up in English (age 7-8)Teachers NotesSmarten up in English contains 40 activities in English suitable for children age sevenand eight.As well as providing students with practice in Reading, Spelling and Writing, there areexercises focussing on grammar, punctuation, vocabulary development, story analysis,and more.Some of the exercises require students to be original and creative, thereby bringing theirhigher thinking skills into play.Smarten up in English is intended as a supplement to the core English syllabus.While it addresses many key indicators and learning outcomes it should be used inconjunction with more prescriptive materials and/or texts.Each page represents a stand-alone lesson and, while some activities may prove morechallenging than others, most seven and eight year olds should be able to complete thework without difficulty. There may be times though –as in the case of new and difficultwords- when a little help from teachers or parents is required.For some of the activities it would be useful to have a dictionary and/or thesaurus onhand.Some questions, such as those seeking the student’s thoughts or opinion, don’t have asingle correct answer. For these, students should be encouraged to bring their best, mostoriginal thinking to the fore and come up with a response that is perhaps unique or‘different’. In the process of doing this they will certainly ‘smarten up in English’.I’m gonna rid theworld of mices.Better smartenup in Englishwhile you’re at it.© Intelligent Australia Productions
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